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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
this fissure.
Tools. Old pickaxes and shovels are stored in two stone wheelbarrows parked in the northwest corner.
The stirges hang like bats in the ceiling fissure and descend en masse to feed on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
, about 180 miles east of Gauntlgrym. Black Network sentries (six human veterans) guard the cave, which leads to a series of tunnels. These tunnels descend sharply as they wind their way east for another
overview map of the Underdark in chapter 2). Characters accompanied by Zhentarim guides approach Mantol-Derith via a subterranean rift. A narrow trail winds up the side of the rift, ending at a secret door in the northwest corner of the trade hub (area 1a).
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
steep, icy stairs that drop down 100 feet in a tight spiral. Because this entrance is seldom used, the steps become increasingly obscured by frost as the characters descend. At the 40-foot mark, a
-foot-wide passageway sloping downward. The chamber is empty except for a dozen baskets woven from leather strips and walrus ribs, stacked in the north corner. These contain frozen fish and a few skin-wrapped bundles of rotting shark meat that the Ice Hunters consider a delicacy.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
steep, icy stairs that drop down 100 feet in a tight spiral. Because this entrance is seldom used, the steps become increasingly obscured by frost as the characters descend. At the 40-foot mark, a
-foot-wide passageway sloping downward. The chamber is empty except for a dozen baskets woven from leather strips and walrus ribs, stacked in the north corner. These contain frozen fish and a few skin-wrapped bundles of rotting shark meat that the Ice Hunters consider a delicacy.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
discovery of precious metals and gemstones led dwarves and others to excavate, extending its tunnels and expanding its caves. The results of those efforts saw an insignificant corner of the Underdark
transformed into a vast, sprawling network of passages. Abandoned settlements within the Labyrinth are common, marked out by rusting iron rails and scattered ore carts. Dark mine shafts descend into the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a2
largest level of Khundrukar, the Glitterhame is an expanse of beautiful natural caverns now infested by troglodytes and other cave-dwelling monsters. The Sinkhole. Streams in the Glitterhame descend to
an underground river, which runs through a corner of the caverns forgotten by the denizens above. The Foundry. Beyond the Glitterhame lies a complex of chambers and passageways carved by Durgeddin’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
T1: Temple Entry As the characters descend the staircase leading to this room, read or paraphrase the following: The stairs end at a wide chamber. Two gaunt creatures with sharp claws and long
tongues crouch near the bottom of the stairs, licking their lips unsettlingly as you approach.
In the northeast corner of the room, three disheveled figures wearing crimson robes tug on a pair of ropes
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
stat block, have immunity to cold damage, and deal 10 (3d6) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) cold damage on a hit. Stairs Down. The stairs in the northwest corner of this room descend 90 feet to area G5.
fourteen-foot-long bugles made from hollowed-out mammoth tusks. An ascending staircase of ice in the southwest corner has mist rolling down it.
One of the mammoth tusk bugles is intact, but the other
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
adults — a shifter and a well-dressed human — talk nose to nose, cradling each other’s faces in a corner of the elevator, absorbed fully in each other and taking no notice of you.
Luna (chaotic neutral
the lift to descend into the ruins of Old Sharn. While that wire is attached to the crystal, the lift cannot be called anywhere else in the city. Bugbear Going Down If the characters can’t find the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
southwest corner.
The fourteen books in the heap untidily thrown into the corner are covered with cobwebs, vermin droppings, and harmless mold. All are partially ruined but are still legible. Most
patio, the paving cracked and overrun with weeds. Other than a pile of refuse in the southeast corner, the room is bare.
A secret trapdoor in the northern half of the room leads to the cellar (area 21
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
.
Hammock. A hammock laden with blankets hangs from anchors in the north wall (see “Log Entry” below).
Copper-Plated Door. A copper-plated door is set into the southeast corner.
The copper-plated
the middle of the room amid destroyed tables, shards of broken glass, and rusty mining equipment.
Chute. A 5-foot-wide, 5-foot-high chute in the southeast corner curves downward, descending 20 feet
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
cover the walls and floor of this room. In the center of the room sits a table with a small bench beside it. A coffer is propped in the northeast corner, its open lid leaning against the wall.
A
miner’s pick lies on the floor in the southwest corner.
Like most of the rooms on this level, this one has been allocated to an eventual occupant (in this case, a champion currently quartered in area 60
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
corner. These docile reptiles are used as mounts by the drow scouts in area 25b and have the Spider Climb trait (see the “Variant: Giant Lizard Traits” sidebar in appendix A of the Monster Manual
).
Slave Pen. A stone enclosure in the northwest corner serves as a slave pen. Band music emanates from within.
The fountain is fed by a natural spring and provides the drow with a virtually endless supply
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Turn of Fortune’s Wheel
walls. In the south corner stands a simple cot. A hulking, green-skinned figure with mighty wings and razor-sharp claws violently peruses the books, discarding those that displease it.
This is
this simple room. Ladders descend to the floor below and rise to the level above.
An incubus named Arcis, who serves Thlaarsh, waits in this room, guarding the prisoner on the floor above. If he heard
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
recently oiled. Once the door is opened, read the following text: In the southeast corner of this decayed bedroom lies a man; he is alive, though bound and gagged. He is clad only in undergarments and
timber lies in the northeast corner.
The stairs into the attic are not usable, and the characters must find another way to ascend into the topmost level of the house. 19. Attic A gaping hole in the floor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
alarming or threatening manner, she hastily whispers, “Don’t be frightened. We’re on the same side.” Ezmerelda is hunting Strahd, but her efforts to corner the vampire have so far been thwarted, and she
the way, he declines. If the characters ask for directions, he tells them whether they need to ascend, descend, or remain on the level they’re at. If they attack him, he fights to the death. Otherwise
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
1 round, killing the host in the process.
If the disease is cured before the tadpole’s emergence, the tadpole disintegrates.
Stairs. In the northwest corner of the level, stairs descend to area D5
, the altar won’t do so again until one month has passed. Stairs. The stairs here descend to area D3. D2: Abandoned Dormitories Battered bed frames and straw mattresses clutter this room, interspersed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
. The chamber that opens at the bottom of the stairs is immense. A wide ledge runs along the left wall and drops away to a pit on the right. Many stalactites descend from the ceiling, and the sound of
into 10A without using the stairs, they trigger the kobolds’ attack before exploring this area. Guard drake Mixed in among the stalactites near the southeast corner of the room is an unusual roper that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
. The chamber that opens at the bottom of the stairs is immense. A wide ledge runs along the left wall and drops away to a pit on the right. Many stalactites descend from the ceiling, and the sound of
10A without using the stairs, they trigger the kobolds’ attack before exploring this area. Mixed in among the stalactites near the southeast corner of the room is an unusual roper that can speak
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
are stowed haphazardly on the shelves of an old bookcase.
Two padlocked cages stand in a far corner; one is occupied by a panic-stricken goblin, and the other is empty.
In the middle of the room
, two copper poles ten feet apart descend from the eight-foot ceiling. Each pole has a one-foot-diameter copper sphere at the end of it, three feet off the floor. Between the poles, a struggling goblin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Daask Excavation site When the characters take the lift down to the Daask excavation site, read or paraphrase the following boxed text to the players: The lift seems to descend forever into the belly
shed contains a small child covered in dust, wearing the once-fine, now-ruined livery of a House Orien. The boy sobs, shrunken into one corner, his face slack. Stale bread, smelly water, a pile of rags
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
-duty members of the City Guard, situated on the corner of Endshift Street and the Breezeway. Though the guards might not be inclined to assist you, your status as a visitor to Waterdeep technically
mystery, but Undermountain’s allure is a siren song that still draws many. If you want to see adventurers descend into the depths, or perhaps glimpse some returning with wondrous treasures, visit the Yawning Portal in the Castle Ward.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes of the Borderlands
Jelusic Three Stirges descend on the characters. These bloodthirsty creatures can’t be reasoned with; the Hostile stirges fight to the death.
Stacey Allan & William Doyle Map: Fens (Flock of
The air is still in this corner of the fens. Just ahead, a curved stand of reeds conceals a secluded campsite with a still-smoldering firepit. The reeds sway and rustle in the muggy breeze.
This
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
, stairs descend 200 feet to level 2. (These stairs are not immediately visible to characters entering through the secret door.)
Noise. The sound of squabbling goblins emanates from a tunnel leading
dominates the southeast corner of the forge. The ettins’ latest trophies — two dead and rotting carrion crawlers — lie atop it.
The ettins lived in the Underdark until Xanathar’s minions found them
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
Mirrors. A security mirror hangs in the southeast corner overlooking the games area. Another security mirror hangs on the north wall, above the chairs in the lounge area. A3: Dis This section contains
southwest corner. Another security mirror hangs in the northwest corner of this area, overlooking the track. A5: Bar Malbolge Bar Malbolge features two bars and plenty of plush, comfortable chairs and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
bas-relief images of sleeping dwarves. An unlit brazier sits in each corner, and a brass censer hangs from a chain connected to the ceiling in the chamber’s center.
No one in the fire cult knows of
buried in the rubble in the northeast corner of the chamber. A successful DC 10 Intelligence (Investigation) check allows a character to uncover it due to telltale signs the rubble has been disturbed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
looks like a hunter’s den. A stag’s head is mounted above the fireplace, and three stuffed wolves are positioned around the outskirts of the room.
Trapdoor. A character searching the southwest corner
. Near the oven is a well-stocked pantry.
The kitchen is area D4a, while the pantry is area D4b. Dumbwaiter. Behind a small door in the southwest corner of the kitchen is a dumbwaiter—a 2-foot-wide
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Sea of Moving Ice. Beneath the planks in a back corner is an entrance to the ice caves under the village, which lead to Arauthator’s grotto. A long coil of rope hangs on the wall near that corner, and
villagers descend into the ice caves to warn Arauthator’s servants that strangers have come, then quickly slip back up to the surface. Encounters in the ice caves assume that the presence of intruders
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
of Moving Ice. Beneath the planks in a back corner is an entrance to the ice caves under the village, which lead to Arauthator’s grotto. A long coil of rope hangs on the wall near that corner, and a
, the villagers descend into the ice caves to warn Arauthator’s servants that strangers have come, then quickly slip back up to the surface. Encounters in the ice caves assume that the presence of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
rock chimney leads up to level 2. It’s a 90-foot climb with plenty of handholds but several tricky, twisty spots; a successful DC 8 Strength (Athletics) check is required to ascend or descend it
. However, the chamber in the northeast corner is the lair of nine stirges, which cling to the 10-foot-high ceiling. They don’t react unless multiple characters enter their lair or someone brings in a torch
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
minutes, the building collapses, and the stairs to the basement are buried in flaming debris. The west building is spared. Ladders. A wooden ladder in each corner stall ascends to a trapdoor that leads
on the inner walls bear ropes, tackle, leather harnesses, wheels, and leatherworking tools. Shoved into a corner is a crate filled with horseshoes. Nearby, shelves hold smaller boxes filled with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Chute This eight-foot-high cave is unfurnished and unlit. A hole in the southwest corner is the mouth of an open chute that reeks of blood and filth.
If they have not been lured elsewhere, two white
angled. It empties into the ravine outside and requires a successful DC 15 Strength (Athletics) check to ascend or descend without magic or climbing gear; a character who fails this check by 5 or more
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
: Squatting in the far corner of the room is a pale man wearing a nightgown. He has an unkempt beard and seems hard at work filling a chamber pot. “Perfect timing,” he says, his voice dripping with sarcasm
burned for heat. C18. West Cistern Stone steps descend into the icy water that partially floods this twenty-foot-wide, arched tunnel, which continues eastward into darkness. The roof arches twelve
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
scare off anyone plundering the coral. 2. Portal Chamber Anyone that teleports to Maelstrom appears atop a glowing glyph carved into the floor of an alcove in the northeast corner of this rough-hewn
area 31. Halfway up the spiral staircase is a secret door that opens into area 23. Rough-hewn stairs in the south wall descend to area 7. Development If Nym retreats to this chamber, she raises the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
reaches a height of about forty feet. At the far side of the cave, a narrow stone pathway connects two arched entrances that lead deeper into the hillside, one in the northeast corner of the cave and the
other in the southeast corner. A sudden movement in the mud is all the warning you get before six forms leap forth.
If the party arrives from inside the lizardfolk lair, read: You have entered a huge